Deanna Shapiro looks back at the Jewish immigrant family that shaped her with honesty, understanding, forgiveness, and admiration. Moving with ease and grace between poetry and prose, she addresses familiar themes of immigrant life, such as uprooting, sacrifice, loyalty and the pull and push of assimilation, through a uniquely personal and gendered lens. Gail Reimer Executive Director Jewish Women's Archive

Deanna Shapiro's latest book, "The Place You Live In: A Multigenerational Immigrant Story," is the perfect blend between prose narrative and poetry. Shapiro's stunning skill for...